pleonastic
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The title’s pleonastic fourth word is the giveaway.
From New York Times • May 11, 2022
While Humphrey reeled garrulously from one position to another, Nixon glided over issues with skillfully pleonastic evasions, often taking no stand at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The double negative, allowed in Greek and Anglo-Saxon, but not admissible in English, is pleonastic.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
My banks, they are furnished,—the most straitest sect,—these are pleonastic expressions.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The king he is just, dealt with as a single sentence, is undoubtedly pleonastic.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)